Basic Income – Creating the future today

A universal basic income is essential for the economy of the 21st century. It creates scope for development and entrepreneurship. It’s beneficial socially and economically. It allows to cope with the rapid changes through digitization and robotics. It increases intrinsic motivation, because people have a walk-away option. People who like their work, perform better. A universal basic income will come – sooner or later. Therefor many leading entrepreneurs and economists want to ask the questions a society with basic income will have to deal with already now. They are committed to advance the idea of an unconditional basic income in the present for the future.

Voices from economy

The following entrepreneurs and economists support the introduction of an unconditional basic income:

"People mainly invest in innovations. And the major part of this innovations are in the field of automation. As more we invest in automation, so more we need to think about the future of labour and jobs.“ [...] „Equipped with a basic income, people start to do what...

"I'm fairly confident that at some point in the future, as technology continues to eliminate traditional jobs and massive new wealth gets created, we're going to see some version of a basic income in the US on a national scale. It's important to start figuring this...

"It is still unclear how the automation of work will develop. But one thing is clear: This new business flieds - in robotics, nanotechnology or indeed artificial intelligence - will generate very high profits. Therefore, it makes sense to think about a basic income....

"Basic income is a necessity. It is not a question of whether we like it or not. It will be a major part of any attempt to civilize capitalism as capitalism is going through a spasm caused by its own generation of technologies that undermine it. In the 20th century,...

"We will get to a point, all our societies, where technology is displacing so many jobs, not just menial jobs but also professional jobs, that we’re going to have to take seriously the notion of a universal basic...

"Especially in the context of today's distribution problem the idea of basic income is interesting: There is a lot of work to be done, but the tasks do not find their way to the people who could do them. And many people do not find tasks that fulfill them – although...

"Basic Income allows everyone to unfold their fullest potential. Apart from this, basic income degrades existential fears. And without fear it is possible to live a better, more peaceful, more productive and happier...

"I am convinced that our society needs solutions to cope with the rapid changes that are currently happening due to IT and digitization. Unlike the much-quoted ‘industrial revolution’, the changes will come so fast, that our society will not be able to adjust its...

“… {And} (I do think that what might look on its surface like the far left and the far right) as the economy continues to develop in the way it is with more bounty and more spread more billionaires and more struggling members of the working class. I do think that...

"An unconditional basic income will eliminate the fear for one’s existence. I am confident that through a basic income a breeding ground for innovation will be created. Only in such an environment of innovation we are going to be able to face the impacts of...